MESHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meshing mean? 

• MESHING (noun)
  The noun MESHING has 3 senses:

1. contact by fitting together

2. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

3. the act of interlocking or meshing

  Familiarity information: MESHING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESHING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Contact by fitting together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

engagement; interlocking; mesh; meshing

Context example:

the meshing of gears

Hypernyms ("meshing" is a kind of...):

contact; impinging; striking (the physical coming together of two or more things)

Derivation:

mesh (keep engaged)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network

Hypernyms ("meshing" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Meronyms (parts of "meshing"):

backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meshing"):

chicken wire (a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences)

gauze; netting; veiling (a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave)

hairnet (a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place)

reseau (a net or mesh foundation for lace)

safety net (a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze)

save-all (a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship)

snood (an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head)

spark arrester; sparker (a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack)

tulle (a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns)

grillwork; wirework (mesh netting made of wires)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of interlocking or meshing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

interlock; interlocking; mesh; meshing

Context example:

an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check

Hypernyms ("meshing" is a kind of...):

catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)